Wolfgang Kilian (copper engraver)

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Wolfgang Kilian . Mezzotint by Georg Christoph Kilian (1709–1781) after Mathäus Gundelach (approx. 1566–1653)
Title page of the Hortus Eystettensis . Engraving by Wolfgang Kilian, 1613
The peace supper of the Elector Karl Gustav von der Pfalz in the Nuremberg town hall . Engraving by Wolfgang Kilian (1651)
Wilhelm Slavata . Engraving by Wolfgang Kilian

Wolfgang Kilian (born May 10, 1581 in Augsburg ; † February 18, 1663 there ) was a German engraver and publisher.

life and work

Wolfgang Kilian was born the son of the goldsmith Bartholomäus Kilian (1548–1588), who had lived in Augsburg since around 1575. Wolfgang's mother Maria Pfeiffelmann (also Pfeyffelmann) married after the death of her husband the copperplate engraver Dominicus Custos (around 1560–1612), who trained his step-sons Lucas Kilian (1579–1631) and Wolfgang Kilian as a copperplate engraver. After his brother's return from Italy in 1604, Wolfgang was able to travel south himself. He stayed for a long time in Mantua , Milan , Venice and Rome , where he made numerous re-engravings of paintings by Tintoretto , Veronese , Bassano and Farinato . After his return to Augsburg (1608), he married Susanne Endris on January 31, 1611. During this time, many depictions of plants and the title page of the Hortus Eystettensis were created . Until the death of his father-in-law he worked in his publishing house, then he founded his own publishing house.

The largest part of his work is made up of portraits: such as the series of portraits of the Dukes of Bavaria and Saxony and the Archdukes of Austria, but also many individual engravings. In 1626 a bird's eye view of the city of Augsburg appeared in eight parts, the so-called “Kilianplan”. He also brought out architectural brochures for the Augsburg town hall and armory . He also created series of engravings, such as the twelve months and the nine muses as well as many theses .

Kilian had six sons and nine daughters, three of whom each reached adulthood: Johann Baptist Kilian (1623–1697) became a goldsmith, Philipp Kilian (1628–1693) and Bartholomäus Kilian the Younger (1630–1696) became engravers.

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Nagler : Kilian, Wolfgang . In: etc or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver: New general artist Lexicon . tape 7 : Keyser. – Lodewyk . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1839, p. 12–13 ( books.google.de - With a directory of 38 works).
  • Albert Hämmerle : Kilian, Wolfgang . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 302-305 .
  • Jane Turner (Ed.): The dictionary of art . Volume 18: Kettle to Leathart. Grove, New York 1996, pp. 44 f.
  • German Biographical Archive I, Microfiche 648, pp. 180–187; II, Microfiche 703, pp. 208-217; III, Microfiche 478, pp. 298-299.
  • Wilhelm Schmidt :  Kilian (family) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 736-738.
  • Kurt Pilz:  Kilian, Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 605 ( digitized version ).
  • Tilman Falk (Ed.): Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700. Volume 18: Philipp Kilian - Wolfgang Kilian . van Gendt, Blaricum 1976 (extensive bibliography and works list).
  • Anette Michels: Philosophy and praise to the ruler as a picture. Beginnings and development of the southern German theses sheet in the work of the Augsburg copperplate engraver Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1663) (= art history. Form and interest. Volume 10). Lit, Münster 1987, ISBN 3-88660-301-6 , pp. 20-24.
  • Georg Christoph Kilian: Codex Halder 31. Augsburg City Library; the part concerning Wolfgang Kilian is printed in: Michels: Philosophy and praise of rulers as image. Pp. 354-355.
  • Doris Gerstl: Wolfgang Kilian and the drawings based on Joachim Sandrart's “Friedensmahl”. In: Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 1999, pp. 7-23.

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Kilian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michels gives the date of his death. In older sources there is often 1662. Haemmerle gives in Thieme-Becker Volume 20, 1662, but corrected a year later in the book Evangelical Totenregister zur Kunst- und Handwerksgeschichte Augsburg. Augsburg 1928, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Michels gives 1620 as the marriage date: Michels: Philosophy and praise of the ruler as a picture. 1987, p. 20.
  3. ↑ File: Kilianplan Augsburg.png
  4. ↑ Stefan W. Römmelt: Thesenblatt . on historicum.net (September 20, 2007); Michels: Philosophy and praise of the ruler as an image. 1987.
personal data
SURNAME Kilian, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kilian, Wolf; Kilian, W .; Kil., W .; Kilian, Wolfgangus; Kilianus, Wolfgangus; WK
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1581
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1663
Place of death augsburg